Judge says government must release Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil, but has until Friday to appeal
A federal judge ruled in June 2025 that the government must release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and legal U.S. resident the Trump administration was trying to deport, but gave it until Friday to appeal.

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